Re: [Harp-L] Re: Bob Dylan's New Axe?

["Patrick Lines" <plines@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Here is something else to ponder. In a couple of recent photos in Rolling 
Stone magazine he is holding what looks like a bullet mic with harp in his 
right hand. So I guess Bob has gone electric - electric.
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From: "Jonathan Metts" <prairiedogpr@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Friday, September 10, 2010 10:15 PM
Subject: [Harp-L] Re: Bob Dylan's New Axe?


> That's an old photo of Bob, but it does appear to be a chromatic. He also 
> posed with a chromatic for a magazine or foreign CD cover in the late 90s 
> or early 2000s -- although I can't seem to find that photo online. I think 
> he (or the photographers) just finds that chromatic is more visible and 
> can more easily be held two-handed for photos. This isn't even unique to 
> the harp; I used to have a big wall poster of Dylan holding a bass guitar, 
> and he never played bass either.
>
> To my knowledge, Dylan has no recordings nor live performances playing 
> chromatic. He probably owns one and has messed around on it, but I'd be 
> very surprised if he has ever taken a serious interest in the instrument. 
> He's an underrated diatonic player but in recent interviews has even 
> downplayed the role of diatonic in his songwriting and performances.
>
> Jonathan Metts
> Prairie Dog PR
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